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Rainfall Data in Urban Hydrology

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Hydroinformatics Tools for Planning, Design, Operation and Rehabilitation of Sewer Systems

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The tasks for engineers and hydrologists, addressing the problems of the urban environment, have gradually evolved during the last several decades. While initially these tasks were concerned with establishing a suitable urban drainage system, using the available knowledge but without deep understanding of such terms as “receiving water quality”, “integrated view of the urban hydrological cycle”, or “hydroinformatics”, today’s engineers are faced with very detailed questions to answer, on the basis of the progress in knowledge, technology, and awareness.

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  1. Hydrotec GmbH, Bachstr. 62-64, D-52066, Aachen, Germany

    T. Einfalt

  2. EAWAG, Uberlandstr. 133, CH-8600, Dubendorf, Switzerland

    V. Krejci

  3. Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7034, Trondheim, Norway

    W. Schilling

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Einfalt, T., Krejci, V., Schilling, W. (1998). Rainfall Data in Urban Hydrology. In: Marsalek, J., Maksimovic, C., Zeman, E., Price, R. (eds) Hydroinformatics Tools for Planning, Design, Operation and Rehabilitation of Sewer Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 44. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1818-9_7

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